Science & Technology
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2025-2026 Fellows
Scholars pursue projects ranging from reducing ethnic violence to searching for an undiscovered super-Earth.
by Olivia Farrar
Accelerating Medical Research
A $200-million gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation paves the way.
by John S. Rosenberg
What It Means to Be OK
Daniela Lamas and the practice of post-ICU care
by Lydialyle Gibson
Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
Ethics and the dawn of decision-making machines
by Jonathan Shaw
India's Dropping Wind-Power Potential
Diminishing winds may be a harbinger of further climate-change damage to come.
by Jonathan Shaw
A Quantum Science Initiative
Harvard thinks bigger about the odd realm of matter at the very smallest scale.
by Jonathan Shaw
Harvard Medical School Advances Research with $200-Million Gift
Foundation of Len Blavatnik, M.B.A. ’89, makes record pledge for basic and applied science.
Genetics and the Human Revolution
Can advances in DNA sequencing help explain what makes us human?
by Bennett McIntosh
A New Plant to Enhance Memory
Research links a Rhodiola rosea extract to enhanced memory.
by Oset Babür
A Language of Behavior?
Sandeep Datta says the brain composes behavior from pre-existing “syllables.”
by Jonathan Shaw
Gut Flora Fix for Fitness?
Altering one gene in a gut microbe transforms metabolism.
by John A. Griffin